Here in the Southern United States, the heat is blazing and we’re keeping cool with lots of refreshing, icy beverages– and those beverages demand coasters! Today, Spoonflower crew member Theresa stops by to share a quick and easy tutorial for how to make your own personalized drink recipe coasters with no more than a swatch of fabric and a few handy supplies!

Now that the weather has gone from pleasantly mild to hotter than Hades in North Carolina, a tall glass of something cold and delicious on the porch to cool off is essentially part of my daily routine. Is it just me or do drinks look kind of sad and lonely sitting there by themselves? They need coasters! My wood furniture whole-heartedly agrees with me on that. I’m having the family over for dinner soon, so I thought it would be fun to put together some personalized drink recipe coasters for each of them. These would also be great for Father’s Day / Mother’s gifting or birthdays. Using the magic powers of digital printing and some tiles that cost next to nothing, I put each of my family member’s favorite drink recipes right on to their very own coasters. Let’s begin!

Congratulations to two-time Fabric Of the Week winner Samarra Khaja, a designer in NYC who appears to specialize in glassware-and-fluid-related fabric designs (she won the Science contest previously). Love this fabric! Thanks to all who participated.

We had 77 cocktail-themed fabric designs entered in this week's contest (including a few less-than-serious entries) and — unlike a real cocktail hour — in this contest you can knock back as many as you like. Voting closes on Wednesday, May 12, and we'll announce the winner (who receives $100 in Spoondollar credit) on Thursday.